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1812 Ancestors War of 1812

Accepted by Lineage Societies and others who have verified service records whose names appear on this list.

The membership requirements for various lineage societies are not the same. The men's society, General Society of the War of 1812 requires that men considered for membership be direct lineal descendants of men who fought in the War of 1812.
The National Society of Daughters of 1812 accepts service performed in the period 1784-1815 and also accepts qualifying civilian service such as an ancestor's having held public office or served on a jury.

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Wall, James Augustus. Captain in the Company of Col. Constand Freeman and Lt. Col. William Lindsay, Battalion of Artillery, Oct 1813 through April 1814, Greenville County, VA. Buried Elmore County, AL. He was married to Rebecca Mason Jeffries 3 Sep 1808 in Greenville County, VA.

.Weatherford, John. Served as a private in Regiment of Captain Elijah Rushing, Tennessee militia. Given a pay voucher for the use of his horse for 12 days. See Tennesseans in the War of 1812 by Byron and Samuel Sistler. Birth date given as 12 Oct 1800 at Darlington and date of his death is given as 16 Dec 1868 at Franklin County, AL. His wife was Eleanor Enloe who was born 15 Mar 1804 in Montgomery County, TN. She died in Franklin County, AL on the 1 of Jan 1871.They are buried in the Old Frankfort Cemetery, Franklin County, AL

Whatley, Solomon born in Wilkes County, GA 1785 and died at Ashland, AL on 27 Feb 1877. Married Mary "Polly" McClendon, born ca. 1783 in GA and died ca. 1860 in Lee County, AL. Solomon Whatley served under Captain John R. Gregory of the 5th. Regiment on the frontier of Jones County, GA August 1813. Reference: GA Military Records 1779-1814, page 188.

Woodruff, Joseph, Captain GA militia. He was born in 1751 in SC and died 2 Nov 1817 in Benton (Etowah) County, AL.

Woodward, John. Private in Captain James Hamilton's Company, Col James Carroll's Regiment, War of 1812 from 20 Dec 1813 to 8 Feb 1814. Served in Alabama. He was born 9 May 1795 in Tennessee and died 5 Aug 1881 at Newton County, Mississippi. He married Mary Rebecca Johnson in Jan 1813 at Madison County (now Alabama).